Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fahy (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fahy (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18159, -8.16539
- SMR number
- GA108-095----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the crest of a ridge in undulating grassland. On inspection in September 1984 this very poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. 26m) was defined by a scarp, which was overlain by a later field wall, from SW through W to N. Otherwise, apart from a low rise no visible surface trace survived. The OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph indicates that the field wall, as well as a number of other walls in the area, has been subsequently removed. No visible surface trace of the monument now survives. Its siting as well as the cartographic evidence suggests that it was
a rath.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 5 March 2019
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.